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			| Bottom Fish | Weight | Angler | Location | Date |  
			| Kalekale | 3.92 lbs | Richard Taga | Mahukona | 05/00/2023 |  
			| Late in May, I caught this 3.92-lb kalekale on a 100-lb leader with a sardine bait. I was actually targeting opakapaka at around 90 fathoms, just outside of Mahukona.  
That is my son Caleb Taga holding the fish, at 4 years old.  I caught the kalekale with a 5'6" deep dropper rod made by Frigate Sales, in the 80-100 lb class. The reel was my Tiagra 50w with an Eliott electric conversion, spooled with 200 lb line.
 
 
  
 
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